Top Nature Stories on FabulaHub

Stories about nature celebrate the beauty and power of the natural world. They may explore themes of environmentalism, conservation, or the interconnectedness of all living things. These stories often inspire awe and wonder, reminding us of our place in the larger ecosystem.

Nature Stories

The Tale of the Apsaras

Cloud dancers of rivers and skies: a mythic weave of music, water, and motion

The Story of the Gandharvas

Meet the divine male nature spirits of Hindu mythology—celestial musicians, messengers between gods and humans

The Myth of Hainuwele

How a divine maiden’s fate gave rise to the root crops of the Maluku Islands

The Story of the Orang Bunian

A lyrical tale of Malaysia's hidden people, their forested realms, and the fragile bridge between worlds

The Legend of the Cheonjiwang Bonpuri

How the Sky King Brought Order to the Waters, the Mountains, and the First Rulers of the Island

The Tale of the Sun and Moon Siblings

A Korean folktale about a brother and sister who flee a tiger and rise to the sky as the sun and moon

The Legend of the Nüwa Mends the Heavens

How the creator goddess Nüwa repaired the broken pillar of heaven with five-colored stones and saved humanity

The Story of the Mountain God and the Water God (Son Tinh & Thuy Tinh)

A sweeping Vietnamese myth of love, rivalry, and the yearly flood—how a bride's wedding sparked the eternal struggle between mountain and flood.

The Tale of the Indochinese Water Dragon

A river-born legend of rồng who command rain, currents, and the fortunes of villages along the Mekong and the Red River

The Story of the Yakut Creation Myth

A poetic retelling of the Sakha tale of a great white creator and a world rising from the primeval ocean

The Legend of the Goral

A Siberian folktale of a goat-antelope guardian spirit guiding lost hunters through frozen mountains.

The Myth of the Korpokkur

Ainu whispers of the little people who lived beneath the moss and bartered with humans under moonlit pines

The Legend of the Nivkh Fire God

A Siberian tale of warmth, respect, and the rituals that hold winter at bay

The Story of the Tungusic Creation Myth

How the loon dove to the bottom of the primordial sea and, with Buga's gentle power, raised the first earth from the deep

The Legend of the Pouakai

A Maori mountain legend of a colossal, man-eating bird said to haunt the peaks of the South Island

The Legend of Rata and the Tree

A Māori tale from Aotearoa about a young hero, a sacred forest, and the lesson of asking permission

The Myth of the Menehune People

Hawaiian legends of tiny master builders who shaped shores and temples in a single night

Degei, the Creator God

The serpent of the mountains whose coils shaped islands and whose breath became people

The Legend of the Two Brothers and the Great Serpent

How the sea, two brothers, and a monstrous serpent shaped the islands and the people of Fiji

The Myth of Tagaloa

Discover the Samoan creation myth of Tagaloa, the supreme god who formed the islands, the sea, the sky, and all living things from his own being.

The Myth of the Sigbin

A Philippine creature that walks with its head between its hind legs and drinks blood from the shadows

The Story of the Diwata

Among the moss-laced trees and misted peaks of the Philippines, the Diwata keep a promise to the living world.

The Tale of the Kapre

A towering, cigar-smoking tree giant who teases travelers under the Philippine night sky

The Legend of the Nyami Nyami River God

A serpent god’s vigil over the Zambezi, torn from his wife by a human-made breaking of old rivers and longed-for reunions

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